WIN FOR AMMON RA
PUSHED BY SECOND-RATER
(From "Vedette.")
SYDNEY,. .September ,S.
Ammon Ea won. his first race afterj his year's absence, at the., lowly Ascot; course; 011 .Wednesday, aiid from.; as. poor a field as cpu,ldbe.gathered,together for an open flying event. ." . j On tho credit, side of Aihmon Ba'sperformance' it must 130 stated' that he1 carried 10.4 (7st minimum)/'and the., track is a loose sandy ..onej /which' tides not suit .many,horses. t)n the debit| side ho just scrambled home-from an! honest and consistent but barely sec-, oiicl-rato mare, Lady WolaToi, 8.0, iak-; ing lmin 22sec'for the 6s'furlongs'.. i
Ho began .■well enough, but was struggling hard to hold his place. 'In the middle stagds ho was moving easily enough -behind the pacemaker, and was iii front at the turn. Half-way down the straight Lady Wolarbi came at him and for a few strides headed him. Desperately ridden, ho came again to win by ft neck. It itidioatcA-Jum ; t(j-kp
many .degrees below.his standard, ols two years .ago-. . . .-. ■■' -: [ '. HeThaa shown.just the faintest of a recurrence of liis - old- bleedingH trouble. He does not bleed -during x\ gallop, but he does on returning'hom«g> After his display this'..'week-.. it/lookij a: c'aso of Vale, Ammon: Ea?' gr thifj Ainirion Ka that jre-onceJvne*&_ J, v , '•'
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19330914.2.162
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 65, 14 September 1933, Page 13
Word Count
210WIN FOR AMMON RA Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 65, 14 September 1933, Page 13
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in